After obtaining the largest number of votes during parliamentary consultations led by the Head of State Michel Aoun, Moustapha Adib, hitherto Ambassador of Lebanon to Germany, was appointed Prime Minister of this country marked by the explosion of Port of Beirut in early August.
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Raise Lebanon.
It is the heavy task that awaits Moustapha Adib, a little-known diplomat who was nevertheless appointed the new Prime Minister of this country on Monday.
Chosen by a ruling class shouted for months by the street, Moustapha Adib should have many difficulties to meet the challenge of embodying change in the eyes of the Lebanese.
Without delay, the new Prime Minister nevertheless pledged to form a ministerial team of "experts" and "competent" people capable of initiating long-awaited reforms.
Europe 1 takes stock of the profile of this new leader.
A technocrat rather than a politician
Ambassador of Lebanon to Germany since 2013, the name of Moustapha Adib, 48, only emerged on Sunday to replace Hassan Diab, whose government resigned after the deadly explosion on August 4 at the port of Beirut.
Married to a French woman and father of five children, the new leader was born in the city of Tripoli, in northern Lebanon.
He is a Sunni Muslim, in a country where power is based on community sharing.
According to the Constitution, the post of head of government is vested in the Sunni community.
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According to the website of the Lebanese Embassy in Berlin, Moustapha Adib is an academic with a doctorate in political science.
He carried out "research in the fields of security (...), decentralization and local democracy, as well as electoral laws".
A member of any party, the man has never held any elected office.
Without a real political network, it should not overshadow Hezbollah, a key player in Lebanese political life.
A personality dubbed by Hezbollah
Behind the appearance of a state that preserves the balance between its communities with a Christian president, a Shiite parliament and a Sunni prime minister, Lebanon is at the heart of a balance of power dominated by Hezbollah, a Shiite religious movement and pro-Iranian.
He acts like a real kingmaker in the country and his influence is always strong at key moments.
The appointment of the new Prime Minister is no exception to the rule.
It was already Hezbollah who had crowned Christian President Michel Aoun.
His support for Moustapha Adib was again crucial.
France's assent for his appointment
Moustapha Adib has somehow received the assent of France and Europe for his appointment.
Visiting the country for the second time in less than a month on Monday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron simply insisted on the urgency of forming a "mission government" under the leadership of the new Prime Minister.
"I saw that a process had started in recent hours which has allowed a figure to emerge as Prime Minister. It is not for me to approve or to dub it (...) but to make sure that it is indeed a mission government that will be formed as quickly as possible to implement the reforms ", warned Emmanuel Macron.
Because for France, to attack the powerful Hezbollah head-on would risk being counter-productive.
On the other hand, the movement of fed up with Lebanese civil society, which began in October of last year, is emerging as a new weighty force there.
All the more so since it is multi-faith, with in particular poor Shiites who are fed up with corruption and government carelessness.